Uncanny and Transcendent Fiction
The month of Ramadan is nearly done. Tonight is the 29th night and tomorrow may be the last day of Ramadan. Only God knows who amongst us will be alive to see the next Ramadan. I want to take this moment to reflect on what I have achieved, what my regrets are and the change […]
Read More Ramadan 2024 ReflectionIn the previous weeks, I have looked at my daily routines during Ramadan, the social and communal elements, and then at the physical benefits of fasting for 30 days. This week, I want to focus on spirituality. Spirituality is difficult to quantify or qualify as its intangible and speaks of an inner life. Nobody can […]
Read More Ramadan 2024 WK4Last week I posted a blog about my daily routine during Ramadan. This week, I’d like to take a closer look at what is happening inside the body whilst I’m fasting. Physical Effects of Fasting Fasting during Ramadan is known as dry fasting by the health gurus online. It involves not eating, drinking or engaging […]
Read More Ramadan 2024 WK 2.5The first week of Ramadan 2024 is nearly done. My days have been pretty hectic with very little downtime. I start the morning at 4am to eat breakfast (Sehri) before first light. Usually, breakfast consists of a few dates (Palestinian Medjoul are my current go to dates), a cinnamon bagel and a cup of coffee. […]
Read More Ramadan 2024 Wk1As promised, here are some more AI generated images of characters from The Changeling King. These again were generated using Copilot by entering brief descriptions of each character.
Read More AI IMAGES: ADAM, KAREN, SULTAN and VASCHI’ve been playing around with different AI tools recently so was curious to see how Microsoft’s COPILOT matched up against other free AI Art generators. I think the results speak for themselves. I asked Copilot to generate images of each of my characters after feeding it descriptions of each one. These are fairly accurate to […]
Read More AI images of Nathan, Logan, Katrina and SalinaThere was a time when we used to read dystopian fiction as if it was a crystal ball that could reveal potential pitfalls of a future gone wrong. There are the classics like George Orwell’s 1984, Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, as well as newer […]
Read More We Are Living in a Dystopian WorldI woke up last night around 3am, gripped by a nameless fear. Unbidden the following words entered my mind: When the missiles stop fallingAnd the tanks stop rollingWhen the fathers stops callingAnd the mothers stop wailingWhen the orphans realise nobody’s comingAnd the last building stops crumblingThe sound that is most deafeningIs the silence were once […]
Read More GazaWriter’s block, two words every writer dreads. It’s something that all writers deal with at various points in their lives and during projects. There’s hundreds of articles that define what it is and why you may have it. It’s when you feel stuck and unable to put clear thoughts onto the page. It’s because of […]
Read More 6 Hacks for Writer’s BlockAn interesting piece by children’s author Katherine Rundell on recapturing some of the wonder of childhood through children’s fiction. https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230711-why-adults-should-read-childrens-books
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